Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, April 5, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): This delightful debut rom-com follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots and introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a veritable feast of food, family traditions, and fun.Manny … Continue reading Book Review: Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh

Publisher: Forever Publishing, March 15, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A clever, tender, and romantic novel for readers of Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, and Sophie Cousens, this laugh-out-loud debut is a perceptive reminder that fate can have a sense of humor, and that love can happen…In a New York … Continue reading Book Review: In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

Publisher: Atria Books, March 15, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A Long Petal of the Sea meets Cold Mountain in this sweeping historical saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight, at first for their survival and then for their love, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American … Continue reading Book Review: A Ballad of Love and Glory by Renya Grande

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, March 15, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom Spring follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home (Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author)."Within every misfortune there … Continue reading Book Review: Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada, March 8, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 304 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story inspired by her family link to a girl murdered near Trois-Rivières in the early … Continue reading Book Review: Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Publisher: Atria Books, March 8, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The author of the “unforgettable story of strength, love, and survival” (Jillian Cantor, USA TODAY bestselling author) The Light After the War returns with a sweeping and evocative story of love and purpose in WWII Italy. Rome, 1943: University student Marina Tozzi is … Continue reading Book Review: A Girl During the War by Anita Abriel

Publisher: Head of Zeus, March 3, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): When everything you hold dear is torn apart by war, can love put you back together again?It's 1943, and the Second World War is raging. Ruby Mottram works for her local newspaper, the Bartonford Herald, typing up adverts … Continue reading Book Review: Before the Dawn by Emma Pass

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, March 1, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 272 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. … Continue reading Book Review: One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, March 1, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary YA novel about family and forgiveness, love and loss, in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents.Lahore, Pakistan. Then.Misbah is a dreamer and … Continue reading Book Review: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada, February 22nd, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A scintillating, gorgeously written historical novel about a mother and a daughter in eighteenth-century France, beginning with decadence and palace intrigue at Versailles and ending in an explosive new era of revolution.During the reign of Louis XV, … Continue reading Book Review: The School of Mirrors by Eva Stachniak